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Rule Dark Skies

Dark Skies Forecast for Interlaken, Alps

Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland

Interlaken sits between Lakes Thun and Brienz, where turquoise water, wooded ridges and distant Bernese peaks form broad, receding landscape layers.

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Zurich
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Next opportunity
Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Interlaken
Today · 23:42–03:27 · 4h window
Medium confidence
53%
🌛Moon Altitude-33.3-6.2°
☁️Total Cloud Coverage0-3.4%
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Interlaken
Tomorrow · 23:40–01:00
🌛Moon Altitude:-0.8-8.6°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Interlaken
Wed, Jul 22 · 24:00–03:31
🌛Moon Altitude:-27.1-2.1°
Medium
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Pristine Dark Skies (pristine)
Interlaken
Fri, Jul 24 · 24:00–03:36
🌛Moon Altitude:-16.8-7.9°
Low

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dark Skies conditions across Alps. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Interlaken.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Interlaken during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days
12
recorded matching windows · 69% average confidence
Last 90 days
33
recorded matching windows · 67% average confidence
Last 365 days
58
recorded matching windows · 66% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

00:00 local time, shared by 17 of 58 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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80-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 80-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour
11matching hours in the next 80 hoursJump to next match
OR logic: one branch per group is enough
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
Europe/Zurich
Astronomical Night
Any
Total Cloud Coverage
≤ 20.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Precipitation Chance
≤ 10.0%
Moon Illumination
OR1·B1
≤ 35.0%
Moon Altitude
OR1·B2
≤ 10.0°
Sun, Jul 19
06:0025%13972m100%31%-45°
07:0031%23202m100%31%-42°
08:004%22066m100%31%-36°
09:007.4%13421m100%31%-28°
10:006%7993m100%31%-20°
11:002.7%11162m100%31%-9.9°
12:000.9%16860m100%31%-0.15°
13:001.2%10797m100%31%9.5°
14:007.3%15546m100%31%19°
15:0074%22881m67%31%27°
16:0083%21956m33%31%33°
17:0013%24134m0%31%37°
18:004.5%24135m0%31%38°
19:0013%24135m0%31%36°
20:006.8%24134m0%31%31°
21:007.6%24135m0%31%24°
22:001.7%24134m0%31%16°
23:002.6%24134m0%31%6.2°
Mon, Jul 20
24:000%24134m0%31%-3.8°
01:003.4%24134m0%31%-14°
02:000.1%24135m0%41%-24°
03:000%24135m0%41%-33°
04:000%24134m0%41%-42°
05:000%24134m0%41%-48°
06:000%24134m16%41%-51°
07:003.1%24135m33%41%-51°
08:005%24135m49%41%-46°
09:005%24134m63%41%-39°
10:000%24135m77%41%-31°
11:000%24135m92%41%-21°
12:005.8%24134m91%41%-12°
13:005%24134m91%41%-1.9°
14:0033%24130m90%41%7.4°
15:0025%22386m77%41%16°
16:0036%23560m63%41%23°
17:0067%23343m50%41%29°
18:0083%23411m50%41%32°
19:0083%24135m50%41%32°
20:003.4%24135m50%41%29°
21:000.1%24135m33%41%24°
22:000%24134m17%41%17°
23:000%24135m0%41%8.6°
Tue, Jul 21
24:000%24134m7.4%41%-0.83°
01:000%24134m15%41%-11°
02:0040%24135m22%51%-21°
03:00100%24134m22%51%-31°
04:00100%24134m22%51%-40°
05:0090%24135m22%51%-49°
06:00100%24134m20%51%-55°
07:0093%24135m19%51%-57°
08:0076%24135m17%51%-55°
09:0058%24135m19%51%-50°
10:005%24134m20%51%-42°
11:000%24135m22%51%-32°
12:000.2%24135m31%51%-23°
13:001.9%24134m41%51%-13°
14:008.9%24134m50%51%-3.4°
15:0016%24134m33%51%5.5°
16:0011%24134m17%51%13°
17:006%24134m0%51%20°
18:000.8%24135m0%51%25°
19:000.2%24134m0%51%27°
20:000%24134m0%51%26°
21:000%24134m0%51%23°
22:000%24135m0%51%18°
23:000%24135m0%51%11°
Wed, Jul 22
24:000%24135m0%51%2.1°
01:000%24135m0%51%-7.2°
02:000%24135m0%61%-17°
03:007.1%20690m0%61%-27°
04:0014%17246m0%61%-37°
05:0021%13802m0%61%-47°
06:0021%13798m0%61%-55°
07:0021%13795m0%61%-61°
08:0021%13792m0%61%-62°
09:0021%13792m0%61%-59°
10:0021%13793m0%61%-52°
11:0021%13793m0%61%-43°
12:0021%13793m0%61%-33°
13:0021%13794m0%61%-24°
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity). For OR groups, only one branch is required, so some OR-branch predicates can be ✕ even in a matching hour.

How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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